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John Samuelson
John Samuelson
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JOHN SAMUELSON

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY & RESUME

Office: Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Cellular: 949.922.9064

Web: SamuelsonEnergy.com

Email: JohnSamuelson@SamuelsonEnergy.com



PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

International Project and Product Marketing Manager with business and technical leadership, including progressive development in energy, and power and gas resource management. Background includes customer management, along with technical products and systems development, including energy systems construction, lighting systems, gas systems, energy calculations, large scale project electronics, software development and integration, electronic devices and mechanical systems.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND CAPABILITIES

Product Marketing Management Experience

· Product & Resource Efficiency Definition: Completed power, lighting and gas requirements definitions and analysis, supporting resource management and reduction agreements, resulting in project organization and customer acceptance.

· Contracts/Proposals/Negotiations: Completed international power and gas systems agreements, technical presentations, development proposals, and contracts and negotiations with financial terms supporting a $100 million annual international customer base.

· Financial Leadership: Defined, tracked, and insured revenue and resource forecasting, resulting in achieving business unit quarterly goals up to $25 million dollars.

· Customer Support: Provided customer support for technical business agreements and product deliveries, resulting in clear communications and customer satisfaction.

· Project/Engineering Guidance: Directed and organized engineering and manufacturing teams for design and production scheduling, resulting in regularly achieving quarterly revenue goals and over one million annual international shipments.

· Market Analysis: Completed international and national market analysis, supporting business unit planning and project agreements, resulting in business unit goals and market alignment.

· Due Diligence: Completed power and gas systems project due diligence along with partner and supplier due diligence, while defining project issues and providing resolutions, thus creating well organized projects and results.

Technical Project Leadership and Systems Experience

· Leadership: Provided technical management for hardware and systems development projects, including lighting design, gas systems and electrical design, test, integration and manufacturing, resulting in project acceptance and international production.

· Planning/Tracking: Scheduled, coordinated and insured electronic and mechanical systems design completions, resulting in project and team coordination and on-time deliveries.

· Team & Product Leadership: Completed technical design and production team leadership, product guidance and cost accounting, resulting in international project coordination.

· Cleantech Design, Test and Release: Completed lighting design, communications and gas systems electronic and mechanical design, energy and resource calculations, software development and integration, analysis, test, qualification and integration, resulting in production of over 15 international products. Completed functional testing in highly technical environments, including high and low pressure gas environments, resulting in project and product qualification.


JOHN D. SAMUELSON, johnsamuelson@johnsamuelson.com; Cellular: 949.922.9064 Resume Page 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rockwell Collins, Tustin CA 2007 - Present

An international high technology commercial electronics manufacturer and systems distributor

Professional Position: Technical Product Manager

Provide technical project engineering management and guidance for a product line, engineering team and multi-million dollar international aircraft electronic systems production and sales.

· Coordinate, schedule, plan, track, and insure technical design completion for electronic systems, and software development and integration, resulting in engineering completions and on-time deliveries.

· Complete customer project support as the customer engineering interface, resulting in customer satisfaction, and meeting revenue commitments and annual sales.

· Complete technical design & production leadership, product acceptance and cost accounting, resulting in international project coordination.

Skyworks Solutions Inc, Irvine CA 1999 - 2007

An international wireless telecommunications manufacturer and systems distributor

Professional Position: Marketing Product Line Manager

Provided customer and product marketing management for multi-million dollar international telecommunications systems device development, along with production and sales.

· Provided electronics design, software development and integration oversight, and production technical leadership and approvals, including power management, resulting in over one million annual international shipments.

· Defined, tracked and insured quarterly revenue commitments, resulting in achieving business unit quarterly goals of up to $25 million dollars.

· Completed electronic systems proposals and contracts, customer presentations and pricing negotiations, resulting in an international customer base supporting $100 million in annual sales.

Lockheed Missiles & Space, Sunnyvale, CA / Houston, TX 1996-1999 & 1989-1992

A leading developer and manufacturer of high technology commercial systems

Professional Position: Electronics Engineer, Systems Development Project Lead

Provided technical engineering design and product management, supporting development and production of electrical energy and gas resource efficient designs for spaceflight.

· Completed lighting, gas and power systems efficiency trade studies and design development, thus effectively maximizing area lighting while reducing power, gas consumptions and system resource impacts.

· Completed power and gas usage impact studies, budget analysis and design updates, for maximizing design efficiency and reducing resource impacts.

· Managed multi-million dollar electronics development projects and 30 hardware and software design and test engineers, as a Lead Project Engineer/Manager responsible for systems completion.

· Provided engineering and technical management on lighting systems, gas pressure systems and power recharging system development projects, including design, test, scheduling, integration and manufacturing, resulting in project acceptance.


JOHN D. SAMUELSON, johnsamuelson@johnsamuelson.com; Cellular: 949.922.9064 Resume Page 3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE -continued

KRUG Life Sciences, Houston, Texas 1992 - 1996

A leading provider of commercial and space based medical life support systems

Professional Position: Electronics Engineer & Systems Project Lead

Provided technical engineering design and test, supporting development and production of energy and gas resource efficient product designs for space shuttle and space station spaceflight.

· Completed high capacity power delivery, gas control and gas delivery design engineering, for human life support in harsh environments.

· Completed power and gas resource reduction trade studies, budget analysis and design changes, for maximizing design efficiencies as compared to available resources.

· Developed and managed technical development contracts, agreements and negotiations with international and domestic partners, resulting in electronics systems completions.

· Completed project leadership, engineering, electronic & mechanical hardware design, test and integration of electronic medical systems, including oxygen and power systems.

Offshore Energy Development, Worldwide Energy Corporations & Locations Prior Years

Leading Offshore Oilfield Subsea Construction Companies providing deep sea energy recovery systems construction and inspection for the commercial marine energy recovery industry

Professional Position: Commercial Mixed Gas Diver and Supervisor

· Performed electrical, mechanical and pneumatic gas reclaim systems installation, calibration, systems test, service and operation, supporting subsea energy recovery construction.

· Supervised technical construction development teams and preformed development of large scale deep sea energy recovery systems and projects.

· Performed electronic and mechanical installation, calibration, systems test, service, and operation of all forms of subsea energy/gas recovery intervention systems including: mixed gas systems, electrical systems and communications.

· Performed seismic survey field electronics engineering, including providing shift supervision, resulting in geophysical energy deposit mapping and sales.

· Performed professional deep sea diving construction beyond 500 feet of water with international corporations for the construction and inspection of worldwide offshore energy platforms and sub-marine systems and installations, including telecommunications installations.


JOHN D. SAMUELSON, johnsamuelson@johnsamuelson.com; Cellular: 949.922.9064 Resume Page 4

FORMAL EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering

DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix, Arizona

· Majored in Telecommunications, Electronic Systems Design and Business Management.

· Highly comprehensive business and technical curriculum including Marketing and Management, Business Reporting, Telecommunications, Instrumentation Systems, Data Communications, System Analysis, RF, Digital/Analog Design, Circuit Analysis, Microprocessor Systems, Software Development, Control Systems, Physics and Calculus.

· Major Courses: Circuit Analysis I-II, Microprocessor Systems I-III, Electronic Communications, Electronic Systems I-III, Physics I-II, Calculus I-II, Management, Technical Writing, and extensive software and circuit design labs.

· Major Projects: Designed and built microcomputer based Solar Tracking System supporting commercial viability proposal.

· Honors: National and DeVry Institute Dean's List, Active member in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CREDENTIALS

Professional Development

· Executive Marketing Development Diploma, University of California, Irvine, CA, 2001

· Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Training, Skyworks Solutions, Irvine, CA, 2005

· Project Management & Responsible Engineering Lead Training; LMMS, Sunnyvale, CA, 1999

· Cost Account Management Training; Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA, August 1997

· Electronics and Avionics Training; United States Navy, New Orleans, LA, March 1993

· Project Management Training; KRUG Life Sciences, Houston, TX, June 1992

· Command and Telemetry Systems; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, April 1992

· Project Management Training; Lockheed Engineering & Sciences, Houston, TX, June 1991

Professional Credentials

· National Reliability Program (PRP) and National Resource Program (NRP) Clearance

· NASA security operations clearance for ASA Mission Control Operations

· NASA KC‑135 Aircraft Zero-Gravity Flight and Weightless Environment SCUBA Qualified

· ISO 9001 Trained; Government Personnel Course

· Avionics Technician 3rd Class, United States Naval Air Reserve, Honorable Discharge

Professional Publications

· Hyperbaric Operation of NASA Flight Electronic Defibrillator, NASA, February 1993

· Zero‑Gravity Design and Operation of Flight Suction Devices, NASA, June 1999

- Comprehensive biography and business references available upon request -

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